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Bishops Bible 1568
| 3:1 | And I coulde not speake vnto you brethren, as vnto spirituall, but as vnto carnall [eue] as vnto babes in Christe. |
| 3:2 | I gaue you mylke to drynke, and not meate: For ye then were not stronge, neither are ye as yet. |
| 3:3 | For ye are carnal. Seing then, there is among you enuying, & stryfe, and sectes, are ye not carnall, and walke as men? |
| 3:4 | For whyle one sayth, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollo, are ye not carnall? |
| 3:5 | What is Paul? what is Apollo? Only ministers are they by whom ye beleued, euen as the Lorde gaue to euery man. |
| 3:6 | I haue planted, Apollo watered: but God gaue the encrease. |
| 3:7 | So then, neither is he that planteth any thyng, neither he that watreth: but God that geueth the encrease. |
| 3:8 | He that planteth, & he that watreth, are one, and euery man shal receaue his rewarde accordyng to his labour. |
| 3:9 | For we together are Gods labourers, ye are Gods husbandrie [ye are] Gods buyldyng. |
| 3:10 | Accordyng to the grace of God geuen vnto me, as a wise maister builder haue I layde the foundation, and another buyldeth theron. But let euery man take heede howe he buyldeth vpon. |
| 3:11 | For other foundation can no man lay, then that that is layde, which is Iesus Christe. |
| 3:12 | If any man buylde on this foundation, golde, syluer, precious stones, tymber, haye [or] stubble: |
| 3:13 | Euery mans worke shal appeare. The day shall declare it, because it shalbe reuealed by the fire: And the fire shall trie euery mans worke what it is. |
| 3:14 | If any mans worke that he hath built vpon abyde, he shall receaue a reward. |
| 3:15 | If any mans worke burne, he shall suffer losse, but he shalbe safe hym selfe: neuertheles, yet as it were through fire. |
| 3:16 | Knowe ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the spirite of God dwelleth in you? |
| 3:17 | If any man defyle the temple of God, hym shall God destroy. For the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are. |
| 3:18 | Let no man deceaue him selfe. Yf any man among you seeme to be wise in this worlde, let hym be a foole, that he may be wyse. |
| 3:19 | For the wisedome of this worlde, is foolishnesse with God. For it is writte: He compasseth the wise in their own craftynesse. |
| 3:20 | And agayne The Lorde knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse, that they be vayne. |
| 3:21 | Therfore, let no man reioyce in men: For all thynges are yours: |
| 3:22 | Whether it be Paul, or Apollo, or Cephas, either the worlde, either lyfe, or death, whether they be present thinges, or thynges to come, all are yours: |
| 3:23 | And ye are Christes, and Christe (is) Gods. |
Bishops Bible 1568
The Bishops' Bible was produced under the authority of the established Church of England in 1568. It was substantially revised in 1572, and the 1602 edition was prescribed as the base text for the King James Bible completed in 1611. The thorough Calvinism of the Geneva Bible offended the Church of England, to which almost all of its bishops subscribed. They associated Calvinism with Presbyterianism, which sought to replace government of the church by bishops with government by lay elders. However, they were aware that the Great Bible of 1539 , which was the only version then legally authorized for use in Anglican worship, was severely deficient, in that much of the Old Testament and Apocrypha was translated from the Latin Vulgate, rather than from the original Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. In an attempt to replace the objectionable Geneva translation, they circulated one of their own, which became known as the Bishops' Bible.